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Performance of Wide Band Gap Devices in Electric Vehicles Converters: A Case Study Evaluation
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Mohamed YOUSSEF |
| Abstract |
This study investigates the usage of Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC), in DC/DC converters; as an alternative to the conventional Si Converters exploiting their high switching capabilities with low losses. This work focuses mainly on the converter used in Electric vehicles for the purposes of charging the battery. A complete model has been developed and a comparison between using SiC and GaN has been performed to determine the viability of using each one in terms of temperature and converter losses. A case study of Nissan Leaf EV is being adopted as a proof of concept and a prototype for it was built in the lab. The experimental results regarding each component and their relationship with the simulation results. It was obvious that the simulation results match perfectly the experimental ones on a system-level basis. |
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| Filename: | 0361-epe2018-full-18114456.pdf |
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Last modified 2019-05-05 by System |
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